PRESS/STORES

THE MARATHON IS A NON-FICTION NOVEL THAT TACKLES EXTREMES IN LONG-DISTANCE RUNNING, MARRIAGE, PARENTING AND FAITH. WHEN THE SHEERANS' PREMATURE BABY IS BORN WITH SEVERE COMPLICATIONS - INCLUDING TEF/EA - THE ENTIRE FAMILY SPENDS MORE THAN 4 LONG MONTHS IN THE NICU AT BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL. AS THEIR DAUGHTER CLINGS TO LIFE, THE SHEERANS MUST FACE THEIR WORST NIGHTMARES HEAD ON. FROM PATIENT ADVOCACY, TO QUESTIONING THEIR FAITH IN GOD, TO LEARNING TO LISTEN AND TRUST THEIR OWN INTUITION - THEIR JOURNEY AS PARENTS OF A CRITICALLY ILL CHILD IS PAVED WITH INSPIRATION AND HOPE - AND GUIDED BY A MOTHER'S INNER VOICE. NOT YOUR AVERAGE BOOK ABOUT THE BOSTON MARATHON, THE MARATHON​ EXPOSES THE HEART AND SOUL BEHIND ONE FAMILY'S DESPERATE ATTEMPT TO MAKE IT TO BOSTON BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE.